Relationship between serum parathyroid hormone levels in the elderly and 24 h ambulatory blood pressures

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1271-1276

  Morfis, Litsa ^a   Smerdely, Peter ^a   Howes, Laurence G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; Blood pressure; Elderly; Hypertension; Nocturnal blood pressure; Parathyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; ALDOSTERONE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; CREATININE; NORADRENALIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RENIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGHT SLEEP; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030724271     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199715110-00011     Document Type: Article

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